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Shu C, Jiang M, Yang M, Xu J, Zhao S, Yin X, Wang B, Sheng J, Wang Y. Flea surveillance on wild mammals in northern region of Xinjiang, northwestern China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 2019; 11:12-16. [PMID: 31879590 PMCID: PMC6920291 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Flea distribution in northern region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and fluctuations of the annual fleas index in Alataw Pass were investigated. During a 4-year (2015-2018) study, 5789 fleas were collected directly from 15 mammals at eight counties in northern XUAR of northwestern China. Nineteen flea species, belonging to sixteen genera and seven families, were further confirmed by four genetic markers (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, COI and COII) after morphological observation. Pulex irritans and Paraceras crispum parasitizing Asian badgers (Meles leucurus) were recorded for the first time. In addition, the fluctuations of the annual fleas index in Alataw Pass were surveyed. Xenopsylla gerbilli minax, Xenopsylla conformis conformis and Nosopsyllus laeviceps laeviceps were highly detected in the warm season while Paradoxopsyllus repandus, Ctenophthalmus dolichus dolichus and Coptopsylla lamellifer ardua were only found in the cold season. These findings extend our knowledge of flea species, distribution and annual fluctuations especially in China-Kazakhstan border.
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- Chang Shu
- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- Urumqi Customs, Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 830001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- Alataw Customs, Alataw Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 833418, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 832000, People's Republic of China
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Burke A, Kottwitz J, Wang C, White A. Use of oral fluralaner (Bravecto) to successfully manage adult‐onset generalised demodicosis in a silver fox (
Vulpes vulpes
). VETERINARY RECORD CASE REPORTS 2019. [DOI: 10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Amanda Burke
- Clinical SciencesAuburn University College of Veterinary MedicineAuburnAlabamaUSA
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- Clinical Pharmacology LaboratoryAuburn University College of Veterinary MedicineAuburnAlabamaUSA
- Noah's ArkLocust GroveGeorgiaUSA
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- PathobiologyAuburn University College of Veterinary MedicineAuburnAlabamaUSA
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- Clinical SciencesAuburn University College of Veterinary MedicineAuburnAlabamaUSA
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Deltamethrin flea-control preserves genetic variability of black-tailed prairie dogs during a plague outbreak. CONSERV GENET 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0275-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Dobler G, Pfeffer M. Fleas as parasites of the family Canidae. Parasit Vectors 2011; 4:139. [PMID: 21767354 PMCID: PMC3160944 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Historically, flea-borne diseases are among the most important medical diseases of humans. Plague and murine typhus are known for centuries while the last years brought some new flea-transmitted pathogens, like R. felis and Bartonella henselae. Dogs may play an essential or an accidental role in the natural transmission cycle of flea-borne pathogens. They support the growth of some of the pathogens or they serve as transport vehicles for infected fleas between their natural reservoirs and humans. More than 15 different flea species have been described in domestic dogs thus far. Several other species have been found to be associated with wild canids. Fleas found on dogs originate from rodents, birds, insectivores and from other Carnivora. Dogs therefore may serve as ideal bridging hosts for the introduction of flea-borne diseases from nature to home. In addition to their role as ectoparasites they cause nuisance for humans and animals and may be the cause for severe allergic reactions.
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- Gerhard Dobler
- Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department of Virology and Rickettsiology, Neuherbergstrasse 11, D-80937 Munich, Germany.
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Criffield MA, Reichard MV, Hellgren EC, Leslie DM, Freel K. Parasites of Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox) in the Oklahoma Panhandle. SOUTHWEST NAT 2009. [DOI: 10.1894/md-13.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mutlow AG, Dryden MW, Payne PA. FLEA (PULEX SIMULANS) INFESTATION IN CAPTIVE GIANT ANTEATERS (MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA). J Zoo Wildl Med 2006; 37:427-9. [PMID: 17319150 DOI: 10.1638/06-026.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A pair of captive adult giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) presented heavily infested with a flea species (Pulex simulans) commonly found on Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) and raccoons (Procyon lotor) in the central United States. In this case, the flea was demonstrated to have completed its entire life cycle with the anteaters as the host. A single treatment of topical imidacloprid, coupled with removal and replacement of infested bedding, was rapidly effective at controlling the infestation and no adverse effects of the drug were noted. Control of the anteater infestation also removed the flea infestation of aardvarks in the same building.
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- Adrian G Mutlow
- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, 625 North Hedville Road, Salina, Kansas 67401, USA
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